Why Blackstone

World’s Largest Alternative Asset Manager1

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager with investment businesses spanning private equity, real estate, credit and hedge fund solutions. We remain committed to delivering strong performance across market cycles on behalf of pension funds, institutions and individual investors.1

Why Blackstone Credit

As one of the world’s largest alternative credit managers2, we focus on capital preservation and delivering strong risk-adjusted returns for our clients across market cycles.

Track Record

Established lender with a proven US direct lending track record across market cycles.

17

YEARS INVESTING IN US DIRECT LENDING3

Scale

Largest BDC manager4 and one of a few managers able to commit $1B+ in a single deal.5

>3,100

CORPORATE ISSUERS COVERED6

Expertise

Large global investment team with deep industry knowledge.

289

INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS GLOBALLY7

Investment Process

Robust and repeatable due diligence and investment processes.

0.11%

ANNUALIZED LOSS RATE IN NORTH AMERICA DIRECT LENDING8

Value-Add Lender

The Blackstone Value Creation Program leverages the firm’s scale, insights and resources to enhance value for portfolio companies.

~$3B

ANNUAL VALUE CREATED9

Recognized by Industry Awards10

  • Global Fund Manager of the Year
  • BDC Manager of the Year
  • Americas Deal of the Year
  • Americas Global Responsible Investor of the Year
  • Global CLO Manager of the Year
Jon Gray

Our capital enables transactions of all sizes, helps stabilize viable businesses and allows companies to grow while producing attractive returns for our investors.

Jonathan Gray

President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone

Investing involves risks, including loss of capital.

  1. Preqin, June 30, 2023.
  2. Based on Blackstone Credit analysis of company earnings presentations and calls, as of June 30, 2023 or latest available publicly available data.
  3. This represents Blackstone’ Credit’s track record in direct lending, dating back to 2005 before BCRED’s inception.
  4. As of June 30, 2023. Based on publicly reported total net assets of both traded and non-traded BDCs.
  5. Direct Lending Deals and Blackstone Credit, as of February 9, 2023. Includes Blackstone Credit and the rest of the private market. Direct Lending Deals, “Key lenders prep more records for jumbo unitranche loans amid volatility.” June 30, 2023
  6. As of June 30, 2023. Reflects unique corporate issuers across funds and accounts managed by Blackstone Credits Liquid Credit Strategies and Private Credit Strategies groups.
  7. As of June 30, 2023.
  8. As of June 30, 2023. The realized loss rate represents annualized net losses for substantially realized investments. Whether an investment is substantially realized is determined in the manager’s discretion. Investments are included in the loss rate if (1) a payment was missed, (2) bankruptcy was declared, (3) there was a restructuring, or (4) it was realized with a total multiple on invested capital less than 1.0x. Net losses include all profits and losses associated with these investments, including interest payments received. Net losses are represented in the year the investment is substantially realized and excludes all associated with unrealized investments. The annualized net loss rate is the net losses divided by the average annual remaining invested capital within the platform. Investments sourced by Blackstone Credit for the Sub-Advised Investments did, in certain cases, experience defaults and losses after Blackstone Credit was no longer sub-adviser, and such defaults and losses are not included in the rates provided. Prior to March 31, 2023, the methodology used by the North America Direct Lending track record for calculating the platform’s average annual loss rate was based on net loss of principal resulting only from payment defaults in the year of default which would exclude interest payments.
  9. Value creation represents ~$284 million of annual savings as of June 30, 2023, representing annualized estimated savings utilizing theBlackstone Value Creation program at the time cost is benchmarked with portfolio companies. Savings improved portfolio companyEBITDA and created value assuming a 12x average EBITDA multiple.
  10. Awarded by Private Debt Investor on March 1, 2022, covering the 2021 calendar year. Private Debt Investor has subsequently released awards for the 2022 calendar year, in which Blackstone received different awards than those listed herein. Blackstone has provided compensation to Private Debt Investor for the ability to communicate the results of this award. The awards described above may not be representative of any one client’s experience with Blackstone Credit and should not be viewed as indicative of future performance. The awards herein were provided by Private Debt Investor, a publication addressing private credit markets, and covered the 2021 calendar year only. Private Debt Investor determines its industry awards annually by way of nominations and an online reader poll that prompts readers to vote for a particular firm in one or more of multiple enumerated categories, including those shown above and therefore is based on subjective criteria. In addition, their selection to receive the awards and/or their rankings may have been based on a limited universe of participants, and therefore there can be no assurance that a different sampling of participants might not have achieved different results.

Important Disclosure Information

Local, regional, or global events such as war (e.g., Russia/Ukraine), acts of terrorism, public health issues like pandemics or (e.g., COVID-19), recessions, or other economic, political and global macro factors and events could lead to a substantial economic downturn or recession in the U.S. and global economies and have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments. The recovery from such downturns is uncertain and may last for an extended period of time or result in significant volatility, and many of the risks discussed herein associated with an investment in the Fund may be increased.

Summary of Risk Factors

Blackstone Private Credit Fund (“BCRED”) is a non-exchange traded business development company (“BDC”) that expects to invest at least 80% of its total assets (net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes) in private credit investments (loans, bonds and other credit instruments that are issued in private offerings or issued by private companies). This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford the complete loss of your investment. You should read the prospectus carefully for a description of the risks associated with an investment in BCRED. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • We have limited prior operating history and there is no assurance that we will achieve our investment objectives.
  • This is a “blind pool” offering and thus you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments before we make them.
  • You should not expect to be able to sell your shares regardless of how we perform.
  • You should consider that you may not have access to the money you invest for an extended period of time.
  • We do not intend to list our shares on any securities exchange, and we do not expect a secondary market in our shares to develop prior to any listing.
  • Because you may be unable to sell your shares, you will be unable to reduce your exposure in any market downturn.
  • We have implemented a share repurchase program, but only a limited number of shares will be eligible for repurchase and repurchases will be subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions.
  • An investment in our common shares is not suitable for you if you need access to the money you invest. See “Suitability Standards” and “Share Repurchase Program” in the prospectus. 
  • You will bear substantial fees and expenses in connection with your investment. See “Fees and Expenses” in the prospectus.
  • We cannot guarantee that we will make distributions, and if we do, we may fund such distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, including the sale of assets, borrowings, return of capital or offering proceeds, and although we generally expect to fund distributions from cash flow from operations, we have not established limits on the amounts we may pay from such sources. A return of capital (1) is a return of the original amount invested, (2) does not constitute earnings or profits and (3) will have the effect of reducing the basis such that when a shareholder sells its shares the sale may be subject to taxes even if the shares are sold for less than the original purchase price.
  • Distributions may also be funded in significant part, directly or indirectly, from temporary waivers or expense reimbursements borne by Blackstone Credit BDC Advisers (the “Adviser”) or its affiliates, that may be subject to reimbursement to the Adviser or its affiliates. The repayment of any amounts owed to our affiliates will reduce future distributions to which you would otherwise be entitled.
  • We use and continue to expect to use leverage, which will magnify the potential for loss on amounts invested in us.
  • We intend to invest in securities that are rated below investment grade by rating agencies or that would be rated below investment grade if they were rated. Below investment grade securities, which are often referred to as “junk,” have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. They may also be illiquid and difficult to value.
  • We do not own the Blackstone name, but we are permitted to use it as part of our corporate name pursuant to the investment advisory agreement between BCRED and an affiliate of Blackstone Inc. (“Blackstone”). Use of the name by other parties or the termination of the use of the Blackstone name under the investment advisory agreement may harm our business.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities regulator has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if the prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.

This website must be read in conjunction with the BCRED prospectus in order to fully understand all the implications and risks of an investment in BCRED. This website is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. An offering is made only by the prospectus, which must be made available to you prior to making a purchase of shares in connection with this offering and is available at https://www.bcred.com/prospectus. Prior to making an investment, investors should read the prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section therein, which contains a discussion of the risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition.

Numerical data is approximate and as of August 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted. The words “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to BCRED, unless the context requires otherwise.

Forward-Looking Statement Disclosure

Certain information contained in this communication constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as “outlook,” “indicator,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates”, “confident,” “conviction,” “identified” or the negative versions of these words or other comparable words thereof. These may include BCRED’s financial estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements about plans, objectives and expectations with respect to future operations, statements regarding future performance, statements regarding economic and market trends and statements regarding identified but not yet closed investments. Such forward‐looking statements are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in such statements. BCRED believes these factors include but are not limited to those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its prospectus and annual report for the most recent fiscal year, and any such updated factors included in its periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this document (or BCRED’s prospectus and other filings). Except as otherwise required by federal securities laws, BCRED undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Although certain loans in which the Fund may invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral could be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal.

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